Nuit Blanche

together in the final scenes with what Stanley did to Blanche and Blanche leaving to go to a mental institution. Through the progression of scenes of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, the final scene of the sensational story develops to be a very crucial scene due to the final insight of Blanche’s bathing, Blanche’s madness, and Stella’s illusion of reality. The first reason in which the final scene is significant…

play both Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski commit acts of unforgivable cruelty, but Stanley is by far more cruel over all. Blanche’s cruelty towards others is a direct effect of her traumatic past that still haunts her and she can never escape. Blanche was married to a man who was fighting his own inner demons and later killed himself to escape having to come clean about his sexuality. One could only imagine what kind of damage the death of a person’s spouse will do to a person. Blanche is…

Through A Feminist Lens: Addie Bundren & Blanche DuBois Each of these stories revolves around the notion of how men dictate the life and happiness of the women in their lives due to both society’s influence and structure. This can be found by analyzing two characters, one from Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire and the other from William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying: Blanche DuBois and Addie Bundren. Furthermore, by understanding the time and setting of the stories and As the novel…

to emotional exclamations in regard to personal self-awareness. Blanche DuBois, throughout the play, is intensely worried about her appearance and self-perception. This often manifest itself as a fear of bright and harsh light. However, Blanche also relies on liquid during her moments of self-awareness: [Looking down at her glass, which shakes in her hand.] “You’re all I’ve got in the world, and you’re not glad to see me!”. Blanche becomes aware of her sisters reaction to her presence and as it…

to make it more appropriate. For example in scene two when Stanley was accusing Blanche of a scandal, the argument played a part in affecting the theme of the book. Instead of Stanley being the bad guy he was made out to be in the book, he seemed nice and sometimes seemed like he wanted Blanche there in the movie.…

unhealthy marriage. Blanche Dubois arrives at her sister Stella 's apartment and comes off as being slightly judgmental at first. Stanley takes an instant dislike to Blanche and feels threatened by her because she really wrecks their marriage and the relationship he has with his wife. We then discover that Blanche and Stella 's family estate has been ruined. Blanche is penniless and an alcoholic. During a poker game at the Kowalski 's ', Stanley goes into a rage at Blanche…

emotion that predetermines every life. A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams’ famous play, which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1948, is a tragic story about a woman named Blanche DuBois, an aging woman who clings on to delusions of reality in order to maintain her sense of self-worth (Newlin 140). Blanche goes to live with her sister and her sister’s husband, Stella and Stanley Kowalski, where she upsets their relationship and violently clashes with Stanley, due to their inherent…

how Blanche refers to her. Blanche calls her a “precious lamb” (1781). Even though the name is endearing, it is a term most commonly used when speaking to small children or to babies as a lamb is very small and very delicate. The actress would also have to have a “radiant smile” (1784). So the actress would need to be young, gentle looking and is delicate in figure and in the way…

presence and is avoiding saying the wrong thing to her. Blanche, however, has no problem speaking her mind. She clearly expresses that she does not think her sister should be living in such conditions, for she lives a very “high-class” lifestyle. However, it is all a lie. Obviously, Blanche and her sister are not very close at all because Stella is the one person who was willing to reach out and help her sister in her hard times, but Blanche so easily lies to her sister and her fake personality…

often have excperinces that shape there future weather it be for the better or worse it could even cause someone to creat an alterante image of themselves just to appeare like nothing is wrong.One person that Blanche puts an act or acts differently around is her sister Stella. Stella and Blanche have grown up together so they have obviously spent lots of time with each other; however, because of this, Stella also knows…